I've been thinking today about a recent thread I saw about Greece.

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3. Where's the line here?

As the poster above says, they had health care taken away, where it's never been implemented here.
What needs to be taken away to get a real response from people? Which rights have to go before the riots start?
Due process and a public trial? Not yet ... unless you're a "terrorist", in which case you vanish to Guantanimo never to return
Freedom of speech? It's certainly under threat
The right to protest? Only if you do it in designated "free speech zones" well away from the object of protest (and press)
The right to vote? You can vote, but does your vote get counted? and if it does, does it get counted for who you wanted it to?